0 0 0 From The Editor 3B The Daily Dish Andrew Yahkind on the LSA language requirement and improving student life. 4B Architecture Column Austin Dingwall on how tall buidings can alter Ann Arbor's dynamic. 5B The List A guide to the happen- ings, concerts and shows roun town this weekend. 5B Point/Counterpoint The superheroes take on tonight's Ludaris con- cert at Hill Auditorium. RANDOm STuDENT INTERVI EW loB Sex Column Brooke Snyder explains why she can't get away from drama. loB Tech Column Forest Casey on how mov- ies are making a switch into the digital age. 11B Random Student Interview Amanda talks about her Ugg boots and takes a quiz about St. Louis. Magazine Editor: Doug Wernert Cover Art: Alex Dziadosz, Forest Casey, _ Tommaso Gomez, Ali Olsen Photo Editor: Ali Olsen Designer: Ashley Dinges I hope you can handle not having a Random Student Interview next week. There won't be a magazine,rsowhopefully this one can hold you over until then. Our cover story is on a drug bust that hap- pened last year involv- ing University students. Even now, there's still a story to tell, and it's our job to tell you about it. Random rattles off coil( By Jeremy Day Austin Dingwall, our architecture columnist, also appears in today's edi- tion. When we were trying to figure out where the his column fit in with the newspaper as a whole, one of the editors mentioned that The Statement would be an ideal spot, as it would mesh well with the new look and feel we wanted to project. We gave it a try and it has worked out well for the magazine, Austin and the paper as a whole. Finally, our resident superheroes Batman and Superman weigh in on tonight's Ludacris concert. Maybe someday we'll reveal their true identities, but for now, enjoy their little ramblings. Some of you might remember Alien and Predator last semester. These two are just a crazier version of them. Thanks for reading. Editor in Chief: Jason Z. Pesick Managing Editor: Alison Go 6B Busted A oo k at last November's drug raid and Ann Arbor's marijuana culture. The students featured on the magazine cover are models and are not connected to the drug investigation discussed in the story on page 6B. e Michigan Daily: Hi, is auren there? andom: Um, hold on. She's not here, can I ask who's calling? TMD: My name is Jeremy David- son, I'm calling to do the Random Student Interview. Do you mind if I ask you some random questions for the interview? R: Sure, that's fine. TMD: OK, what's your name? R: Amanda. TMD: Are you familiar with the survey? R: No. TMD: Well every week the Daily puts out a magazine that comes out called The Statement. It's almost basi- cally exactly like the old magazine Weekend, except it's a lot better right now, and is totally different. We call a random student from the directory, and ask them all kinds of random questions. R: OK. TMD: All right, so first question: How was your Halloween? R: It was good. TMD: What did you dress up as? R: Well, I'm in a sorority, but I didn't really go out with them. But our costumes were devils. TMD: Oh, you guys were all dev- ils? R: Yeah, they were devils, but I kind of did my own variation of that. TMD: That's cool. Did you get tired of seeing girls dressed up like slutty pirates or slutty bees or slutty soldiers or slutty animals? R: I'd agree. Some of the costumes were pretty extreme, in terms of the sluttiness. TMD: Would you agree with the "Mean Girls" philosophy that Hallow- een is just an excuse for girls to wear lingerie and animal ears? R: No. TMD: Who was your favorite Teen- age Mutant Ninja Turtle? R: Ummm - TMD: Do you remember their names? R: Maybe if you say them I will remember TMD: Well my favorite was Michel- angelo. He was the orange one. R: Yeah, I was thinking of that TMD: Yeah he's definitely the best one. Well, I'm from St. Louis. Do you mind if I give you a little quiz about the Lou? R: That's fine. TMD: Do you know what state St. Louis is in? R: Uh, Missouri? TMD: Right on. Cool. What's the first thing that comes to your mind when I say St. Louis? R: Umm, Cardinals? TMD: Excellent, most people would have said the Arch or Nelly. Can you name any Cardinal's players? R: Martis? No no no, Pujols. TMD: What do you think about that name? R: I dunno. I just remember watch- ing him against the Astros. TMD: What did you think about that series? R: It was really good. TMD: Does that name make you giggle at all? Or is that just stupid? R: No, not really. TMD: OK, so are you a baseball fan? R: Yeah, I like the Angels. I'm from L.A. TMD: So you like Vladimir Guer- rero? R: Yeah. TMD: Who do you think would win in a fight between Vladimir Guer- rero and Pujols? R: Definitely Pujols. TMD: What do you think would happen? R: What would happen? TMD: Yeah, like how would it go, how would they get in a fight? R: I dunno maybe they would com- pete over something, like who has the better ERA or - TMD: Pujols or Guerrero, compet- ing over the better ERA.? R: OK, I don't know. TMD: Maybe home runs. R: Yeah, maybe home runs. TMD: So what classes are you tak- ing? R: Spanish, History - TMD: Are either of those your major? R: Yeah, maybe a History major and a Spanish minor. TMD: Are either of these going to be your major? R: Yeah, maybe a History major and a Spanish minor. TMD: You have any characters in your class? R: Is this like, going in the news- paper? TMD: Yeah, you'll be able to read this tomorrow. R: Seriously? TMD: No, actually I'm just some weirdo who found you on Facebook. R: Yeah, I mean, you just randomly called Lauren up, and got stuck talk- ing to me. TMD: After this you can start a Facebook group, "I've been randomly interviewed for the Random Student Interview." So what made you come to Michigan from California? R: A lot of things. I wanted to go to the B-School, and my dad is from the Midwest - TMD: It's not too cold for you here? R: No, it's not too bad. TMD: Do you have Ugg boots for the cold? R: (sigh) Yes. TMD: Do they work? R: Yeah, they're warm. I don't like the way they look though. I just like them because they're comfortable and warm. I got them as a gift. TMD: You don't like the style though? R: No, I'm not a fan. I hate it when girls wear them with short mini- skirts. TMD: So what's your favorite col- lege mascot? You can't say the Wol- verines though. R: Trojans. TMD: Why, does that make you giggle? R: No, it does not make me gig- gle. I just like USC. Even though I shouldn't. TMD: I see. What about Stanford their mascot is like a tree, right? R: Yeah, or there's like UC Sant Barbara is the Banana Slugs, or Irvin is the Anteaters, and UC Davis is th Aggies ... TMD: The aggies?!? R: Yeah TMD: What's an aggie? R: It's a horse. TMD: Why don't they just ca themselves the horses? Doug Wernert, Magazine Editor 58 cSrutte te Srre1218 S Unversityj Ave, wwi ttO ra$ c v I~Co (734)769 255(734)998.0200 STUDENT TRAVEL & BEYOND 2B - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 3, 2005 The Michigan Dailr